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Palatinate, in German history, the lands of the count palatine, a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the Palatinate was divided between two small territorial clusters: the Rhenish, or Lower, Palatinate and the Upper Palatinate. The Rhenish Palatinate included lands on both sides of the middle Rhine ...
- Rhineland-Palatinate
The Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage site (2002),...
- Frederick V
Thirty Years’ War. Frederick V (born Aug. 26, 1596, Amberg,...
- Rhineland-Palatinate
Frederick V (German: Friedrich; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) [1] [2] was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the derisive sobriquet " the Winter King ...
- 19 September 1610 – 23 February 1623
- Frederick IV
- 4 November 1619, St Vitus Cathedral
- Maximilian I
The Elector Palatine The goal of this guide is to take you through the reconstruction of the Rhineland following the devastating War of Palatine Succession which ended in 1697. The focus is on the Baroque architecture of Mannheim Court, with brief excursions to the different styles of Mainz, Meisenheim and Mosbach.
Louis V, Elector Palatine. Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine ( German: Ludwig V. von der Pfalz) (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was prince elector of the Palatinate . His parents were Philip, Elector Palatine, and Margaret, a daughter of Louis ...
- 28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544
- Margaret of Bavaria
Jul 29, 2020 · The dense Palatine Forest and Kaiserslautern. All of the most interesting castle ruins will be found here, especially Hardenburg and Triefels. The ancient territories of Mainz and the mouth of the Main. The lands of Mainz were mixed with the territories of the Palatinate, but wealth of Mainz came from its holdings in the Middle-Rhine and ...
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Rupert (III) of Germany (1352 – 1410) Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400. Knight of the Garter. Louis III (1378 –1436) Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Louis IV (1424–1449) Elector Palatine of the Rhine. Frederick I, the Victorious (1425–1476) Elector Palatine of the Rhine, Ancestor of the morganatic House of Löwenstein ...
